Methods of and apparatus for winding wire



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1. IN THE METHOD OF WINDING AN INDEFINITE LENGTH OF WIRE INTO SUCCESSIVE COILS WHEREIN RELATIVE ROTATIONAL AND TO-AND-FRO TRAVERSING MOVEMENTS ARE CAUSED BETWEEN A SPOOL AND A WIRE GUIDE TO PULL THE WIRE FROM A WIRE SUPPLY THROUGH THE WIRE GUIDE AND WIND THE SAME IN A COIL ON THE SPOOL, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: INTERRUPTING THE ROTATIONAL AND TO-AND-FRO MOVEMENTS WHEN A DESIRED COIL OF THE WIRE HAS BEEN WOUND ON THE SPOOL; MOVING THE WIRE GUIDE RELATIVE TO THE SPOOL TO FORM A SPAN OF WIRE EXTENDING FROM THE WOUND COIL; ANCHORING THE END OF SAID SPAN OF WIRE ADJACENT TO THE WIRE GUIDE TO A RELATIVELY FIXED POINT; AND SEVERING THE SPAN OF WIRE BETWEEN SAID FIXED POINT AND THE SPOOL TO FORM A LEAD OF A PREDETERMINED LENGTH FOR THE COIL WOUND ON THE SPOOL, THE NEW LEADING END OF THE WIRE SUPPLY EXTENDING FROM THE WIRE GUIDE AND REMAINING ANCHORED TO THE FIXED POINT PREPARATORY TO WINDING A SUBSEQUENT COIL. 